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A reconsideration of negative ratings for network-based recommendation

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  • Hu, Liang
  • Ren, Liang
  • Lin, Wenbin

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Recommendation algorithms based on bipartite networks have become increasingly popular, thanks to their accuracy and flexibility. Currently, many of these methods ignore users’ negative ratings. In this work, we propose a method to exploit negative ratings for the network-based inference algorithm. We find that negative ratings play a positive role regardless of sparsity of data sets. Furthermore, we improve the efficiency of our method and compare it with the state-of-the-art algorithms. Experimental results show that the present method outperforms the existing algorithms.

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  • Hu, Liang & Ren, Liang & Lin, Wenbin, 2018. "A reconsideration of negative ratings for network-based recommendation," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 490(C), pages 690-701.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:490:y:2018:i:c:p:690-701
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2017.08.119
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